Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>]

Uzi,

I've never thought of suffix -an as a possible geographic specifier or
indicator.
But regarding suffix -on, looking here can be helpful:

http://www.oham.net/out/S-t/S-t0404.html

Heartly,

Pere Porta
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)

2011/3/4 Uzi Silber <uzisilber AT gmail.com>

> Greetings,
>
> I've noticed for some time that many places names/regions in the Land of
> Israel end with either -ahn or -on.
> So we have Golan, Bashan, Emek Dotan and we have Shomron, Sheemron, Xoron,
> Sharon, Eglon, Giv'on, Beit Dagon, Xetzron, Avdon.
>
> Were 'ahn' and 'on' suffixes meant to be geographical identifiers?
>
> Uzi Silber
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Pere Porta